Maria Jensen is a native Marylander with dual US/Swedish citizenship. She graduated from Salisbury University with a BA in International Studies with two minors in Ethnic and Intercultural Studies and Sociology. She received her Masters in Human Ecology from Lund University in Sweden, focusing on residential energy efficiency. Her thesis was on Swedish residential energy saving behaviors and the impact of curtailment behaviors on energy consumption rates. At the Alliance, Maria is a Renewable Energy Fellow working on the Wood Stove Decathlon. In October, she will be a panelist at the 2013 Advancing Sustainable Wood Energy in Maryland Conference, talking about European strategies of reducing electric heating with wood and pellets.

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Check out the speakers at the Decathlon! A wide range of experts, manufacturers, lawmakers and DIYers will discuss and debate how stoves can be cleaner and more idiot proof. Check out the stove testing, the exhibits or sit in on a panel discussion. See schedule.

It's a portable camp stove that blends the ancient tradition of cooking outdoors in the wild with the ability to charge your 21st century technology. Buy tickets (1=$10; 3=$25; 7=$50) to be entered in this raffle to win! 100% of the proceeds will fund the Wood Stove Decathlon.

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) received the New Residential Wood Heater regulations from the EPA. Learn about the role of OMB in the rule making process and what they contribute to the new standards.

Seven states and five advocacy groups are threatening to sue the EPA for missing Clean Air Act deadlines to review air quality standards for new residential wood heaters. Read here what the significance of these threatened suits are.

Government surveyors have conducted a study on the residential heating habits of Alaskan homeowners. In this cold climate about 5.6 cords are consumed by each family annually. This atypical case study exemplifies the need for education, energy efficiency, and sustainability.

The domestic pellet market is not reaching its early optimistic projections, but both aggressive and conservative economic models predict future growth. With the rising price of fossil fuels, pellet production in the U.S. can be profitable.

The UK Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) gives businesses and homeowners financial rewards for installing renewable energy heating, including residential biomass boilers. Homeowners will be paid for every unit of heat they generate as part of the England's drive towards lowering carbon emissions.

The Symposium is about wildland fire and smoke and identifies knowledge gaps within the field of smoke science for future research, innovation, and development. Our own John Ackerly will present a talk on "Reducing Smoke through Wood Energy: The Role of USDA".

Unite a diverse audience from biomass fuel, supply chain, developer, manufacturer, and government sectors to break barriers and ground for biomass thermal and CHP systems.

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory published an updated analysis that suggests the U.S. is only 39% efficient, wasting 61% of its energy, with 2012 being the most wasteful year in the past decade.

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